Import PS prices in China and Southeast Asia have been mostly on a stable to firm track since they hit a more than one-year low in around early December. Despite healthy demand and low inventories, sellers either kept their offers stable or applied modest hikes in the midst of slowly rising spot styrene prices...

Turkish PE players reported to have felt a visible impact of the restriction on the use of plastic bags on PE trade although it has been only a few weeks since the compulsory fee of TRY0.25 was implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning...

In Europe, LDPE and LLDPE prices continued to hover at around their multi-year lows as the downward trend of PE was extended into 2019 with January prices witnessing decreases of €20 -€40/ton. Lingering holiday lull and overall ample supplies kept trading thin...

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